TTC Video - Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive

Raising children is one of the most rewarding and important, yet challenging, endeavors a person can undertake. To lament that babies are born without instruction manuals is a cliché, but it’s a sentiment rooted in the uncertainty manyparents feel as they make day-to-day decisions they hope will help their children blossom into healthy, well-adjusted, intelligent adults.
Lectures
1 Self-Control—From Tummy Time to Tae Kwon Do
2 Seeing, Hearing, Thinking, Learning Infants
3 Sleep—Getting Enough “Vitamin S”
4 Healthy Eating Habits for Life
5 Baby Talk, Sign Language, and Speech
6 Shaping Behavior—How Kids and Rats Differ
7 Which Style of Parenting Is Best?
8 The Joy of Reading and the Place of Phonics
9 IQ Hazards and Boosting Intelligence
10 Enhancing Your Child’s Memory
11 Parent as Teacher—Homework and Beyond
12 Getting a Jump on Math—Without Math Anxiety
13 Advantages of a Second Language
14 What TV and Video Can and Can’t Teach
15 Values and Pitfalls of Video Games
16 Promoting Persistence and Self-Esteem
17 Encouraging Cooperation, Sharing, Empathy
18 Peer Conflicts and Social Development
19 Maria Montessori at Home for Young Children
20 Schooling and the Montessori Approach
21 Physical Development and Education
22 The Adolescent Brain
23 Becoming a Parent-Scientist
24 The Great Values of an Unhurried Childhood